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Having exactly as many stamens as petals.

The quality or state of being isostemonous.

out of the way; to elbow; to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against. "Bullies jostled him." Macaulay. Systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and moral, which are perpetually jostling each other. I. Taylor.

Crowding; hustling.

, without any changes in its structure, followed by division of the protoplasm of the karyostenotic mode of nuclear division.

Pertaining to, or connected with, karyostenosis; as, the karyostenotic mode of nuclear division.

A cubic measure containing 1000 cubic meters, and equivalent to 35,315 cubic feet.

there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also crown-post.

Having a lamellate bill, as ducks and geese.

A group of birds embracing the Anseres and flamingoes, in which the bill is lamellate.

A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, etc.

A chief magistrate in rural districts. He was replaced in 1827 by "resident magistrates."

Broad-ribbed.

Having a broad beak. Sir T. Browne.

The broad-billed singing birds, such as the swallows, and their allies.

An order of Crustacea, including Nebalia and allied forms.

A group of birds, including the hornbills, kingfishers, and related forms.

One of the Longirostres.

Having a long bill; of or pertaining to the Longirostres.

A group of birds characterized by having long slender bills, as the sandpipers, curlews, and ibises. It is now regarded as an artificial division.